Our factory was built in 1998 by a foreign company and it answers the European standards. The equipment is the latest one and has been brought from abroad. We get the recipes from Danisko company that sales it to all over the world. We cooperate with the German company on production of juice. There are a lot of companies that we have contacts with.

The technologists from Denmark have been training our staff for a year in Azerbaijan.
The processing lines were installed by Dutch Scampro company (the installation of devices), and the factory was built by Italian Holdstor technical service supplier company from Middle East branch. We've got a lot of awards and certificates and among them the millennium 2000 prize from Madrid. We have been invited by many companies to some exhibitions but we cannot take part in all of them.
We are also a member of the council attached to the Presidency. We visited Vienna with the government delegation in 2003. In April, 2004 we are going to visit Stutgard with the Minister of Economic Development.

Where do you import milk from?

We mainly use full milk powder. Because there are a lot of problems like diseases and others. The fresh milk we use goes through high heating and is packed in aseptic conditions. Quality of these products is greater in comparison with pasteurized milk stored for a certain period of time. Now even in Russia or other countries first they dry fresh milk in order to kill all the microbes in it and then produce dairy products. These products are safer. At present there are recipes for dairy products from milk powder that don't concede fresh milk products in quality.

What is your view on development potential of the agro-business?

Our late president Mr.Heydar Aliyev created favorable condition for the businessmen and entrepreneurs. The council was established at the time of the late president. The agricultural sector was in a very bad condition. It had to be developed and this process goes step by step. At present we see the development potential of this sector. The reviving of this sector is a long process and development is going slowly.
On November 24 our new president Ilham Aliyev gave a decree on "Accelerating socio-economic development of the Republic of Azerbaijan" which will have a great impact on development of the sector.

On February 2004 we held the opening ceremony of the Business Center. We entrepreneurs believe and trust our president. At present the main direction of the economic development is the development of the entrepreneurship in the country. In order to do that the most important is demonopolization. And also granting long-term credits with low interest rates. IFC offered us to take credits when we were newly opened.

What is your investment policy for the next 5 years? Do you invest in new services or products?

We have got no problem with the quality. All our products answer the European standards. We produce new products. The shelflife of our products is 5-7 days. There are some products that we would like to produce but we need a lot of money to realize them. We distribute our products to Hyatt Regency, Grand Hotel Europe and others as well. A lot of factories buy our products. We also plan to install the Tetra Pak lines. These are the aseptic lines the cost of 2-2.5 mln euros. And we are still thinking to ask for new credits as soon as we pay back the first ones. At present we are working with US IP. (International Paper). They have got 2 branches: one in France and the other one in Israel. We are conducting negotiations.
We are also intending to get the ISO certificate. Because it is a quality indicator in the whole world and we need it.

What is your turnover as compared to your capacity?

We are able to produce 105 lt of product in 3 shifts a day. But at present we use only 10-15% of our whole capacity. We distribute our products to all our regions except Nakhchivan because we have no transport route there except airline.

What would be the major goal you would like to achieve?

Our president said that the government and the entrepreneurs should work together. If everything goes well I'd like the social welfare of my people to improve and subsequently the economy will also develop and people will come and buy my products.

What is your background?

I'm car engineer by profession. After I got my diploma in Baku I began to work as a businessman. I achieved all this by myself. Because of my work I've been travelling all over the world.